[MLS GOLEADORES] One of the world's lowest scoring leagues, MLS looks headed toward reaching a new nadir in its 16th season. At least the New York Red Bulls, whose Thierry Henry scored his eighth goal of the season in a thriller with Portland, are bucking the downward trend. For the latest on the Golden Boot race and how MLS scoring compares with foreign leagues ...
* New York Red Bull Thierry Henry scored his eighth goal of the season in a 3-3 tie with Portland to join Landon Donovan, who is on Gold Cup duty with the USA, atop the leading scorers' race.
* The Red Bulls have scored 24 goals in 15 games for a 1.60 goals-scored average. Last season, Real Salt Lake finished with the league-high average (1.50).
* The leaguewide goals-per-game average after 137 matches is 2.37. The 2010 season ended with an all-time low 2.46 goals per game, a drop from the previous low of 2.54 in 2009. It was 2.81 in 2008.
* In the most recently completed European seasons, scoring increased from the previous seasons in Germany (2.92/2.83), England (2.80/2.77), Spain (2.74/2.71) and the Netherlands (3.22/2.99).
* Two countries notorious for low-scoring leagues, Italy and France, averaged 2.51 and 2.34, respectively, in their 2010-11 seasons.
* The Mexican 2011 Clausura averaged 2.60 goals per game.
MLS Leading Scorers
| Player |
Team |
Goals |
Assists |
| Thierry Henry | New York |
8 |
4 |
| Landon Donovan |
Los Angeles | 8 |
1 |
| Charlie Davies | D.C. United |
7 |
1 |
| Chris Wondolowski | San Jose |
6 |
2 |
| Brek Shea | FC Dallas |
6 |
1 |
| Eric Hassli | Vancouver |
6 |
0 |
| Luke Rodgers |
New York |
5 |
3 |
| Andres Mendoza |
Columbus | 5 |
1 |
| Maicon Santos | Toronto FC |
5 |
1 |
| Jack Jewsbury | Portland |
4 |
6 |
| Chad Barrett | Los Angeles |
4 |
3 |
| Steven Lenhart | San Jose |
4 |
2 |
| Danny Mwanga | Philadelphia |
4 |
2 |
| Dominic Oduro | Chicago |
4 |
2 |
| Marco Pappa | Chicago |
4 |
2 |
| Camilo |
Vancouver |
4 |
1 |
| Will Bruin |
Houston |
4 |
1 |
| Fabian Espindola |
Real Salt Lake | 4 |
1 |
| Brad Evans |
Seattle | 4 |
1 |
| Alan Gordon | Toronto |
4 |
1 |
| Shalrie Joseph | New England |
4 |
1 |
| Cam Weaver |
Houston | 4 |
1 |
| Diego Chaves | Chicago |
4 |
0 |
| Simon Dawkins |
San Jose |
4 |
0 |
| Chris Pontius |
D.C. United |
4 |
0 |
| Emilio Renteria |
Columbus |
4 |
0 |
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